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From the Desk of the Chief Hairy Ape: Adjust Fire

24th February 2010 by Darwin 10 Comments

Let me be straightforward here: Evolutions isn’t working.
The primary reason for that is me because I am Evolutions.
Seriously.  Just me.  A guy with a measly three published short stories who barely knows how to run Wordpress 2.5 and can’t upgrade to save his ass. (I keep destroying the database on the dummy site I’ve been […]

Go-No Go Flags for Short Stories

28th April 2009 by Darwin 1 Comment

This is a reiteration of classic short story structure that harkens back to Marion Zimmer Bradley and beyond but was enunciated to me by Dave Freer of Baen Books fame. It has since become something of a recurring mantra as I wind my way down the dimly lit halls of the Slush Pile and, frankly, […]

Slush pile open, other news

25th March 2009 by Darwin No Comments

Here’s the official announcement:
The Evolutions slush pile is now open.  We currently have about three months of new fiction to publish.  That’s about as close-in as I want to get.  I’m looking to start filling slots out to about 5 or six months (that’s an opportunity for 8 to 12 stories).
In particular, I need one […]

Your Participation is Anticipated

5th March 2009 by Darwin No Comments

One of the principle hopes I have for Evolutions involves participation.
Now, admittedly, the new format is only a little over a month old and is still populating with content.  Even given this, though, I want to make it clear that I sincerely hope that people will make use of the “comments” feature and the link […]